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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Flir Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Royce Duane Clay, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William Williamson, Orcutt, CA (US);
Michael Nuttman, Goleta, CA (US);
FLIR SYSTEMS, INC., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a device comprising a vacuum package housing. The vacuum package housing comprises a base and a plurality of walls connected to the base and defining an interior cavity adapted to receive a focal plane array, wherein at least two of the walls meet to define a corner of the vacuum package housing. The vacuum package housing further comprises an aperture formed at the corner, wherein the aperture extends through the at least two of the walls to provide a channel between the interior cavity of the vacuum package and an external environment, and wherein the aperture is adapted to receive a tip-off tube configured to be changed from an open state to a closed state to maintain a vacuum within the interior cavity.